First of all, there's an expectation for you to do the work of so many different functions. No offense to you or me, but you'll never excel in any of them making for poor quality research that you'll then sell to clients.
Burnout culture is VERY REAL because of this. But also, somehow, you're made to feel like there's great work-life balance. In reality however, most nights when you're working late, and feeling like you're unworthy, blaming your own competence for not being successful, seeing other people getting promoted over you or people in the same role getting paid much better than you for no tangible reason at all, that's when you'll realize you've been gaslit.
C Space has a notorious culture of bias. And they hold their secrets for performance and pay very discreetly and hide it behind vague competencies they measure you against. That way, it's easier to make you believe you're not where you need to be in terms of your performance, instead of them having to explain to you what they're expecting. The same few people - you know the type; vocal, extremely participative, voluntarily working long hours, have command of language and assertive get recognized time after time. Promotions are a bribe to get you to stay, not a recognition of your value to them. So if they can get you to work long hours for them, and pay you just a little more - just enough to entice you to stay, that's what they're going to do. For everyone else, it's "guess we'll take care of them if they ever decide to leave us." If you're doubtful, just look at their attrition rates YoY.
In summary, if you care about your self-worth, or the quality of work you're delivering, or skills you're learning to transition into a new career or want a workplace that respects you or feel like you want to be paid fairly, you should not stay here more than a year.
